The Moral and Political Case for Reforming the Criminal Justice System The Moral and Political Case for Reforming the Criminal Justice System
Criminal justice reform is one of those rare instances where moral decency, popular opinion and political incentives all align.
Nov 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Should We Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts? Should We Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts?
The Roberts Court's announcement that it will hear another legal challenge that threatens to disable and perhaps destroy the new healthcare system has the distinct odor of politica...
Nov 19, 2014 / William Greider
How a Strange, Secretive, Cult-like Company Is Waging Legal War Against Journalists How a Strange, Secretive, Cult-like Company Is Waging Legal War Against Journalists
The lawsuit filed by the NXIVM company against a Vanity Fair writer and a local reporter invokes the same computer hacking law used against Aaron Swartz.
Nov 18, 2014 / William D. Cohan
Beyond the Drug Raids: Why the Feds Are Fed Up With the NFL Beyond the Drug Raids: Why the Feds Are Fed Up With the NFL
The prescription drug abuse enabled by NFL teams is only the latest issue that has the federal government ready to breach the political moat that has long surrounded the world of f...
Nov 18, 2014 / Dave Zirin
The Grand Oil Party Takes Washington by Storm The Grand Oil Party Takes Washington by Storm
Prepare for the new Republican majority to speed the exploitation of the country’s oil, coal and natural gas reserves.
Nov 18, 2014 / Michael T. Klare
When Mega Corporations Get Mega Tax Breaks, We All Pay When Mega Corporations Get Mega Tax Breaks, We All Pay
A study finds that of the 100 highest-paid CEOs in the US, twenty-nine of them received more compensation than their companies paid in federal income tax.
Nov 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Sexual Harassment? What Sexual Harassment?
Surely there's no harm in giving someone a compliment?
Nov 17, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution
Religious tensions, remnants of the police state and a broken-down neoliberal economic model imperil Tunisia’s otherwise impressive democratic transition.
Nov 17, 2014 / Jahd Khalil and Foreign Policy In Focus
What to Do About Record Low Voter Turnout? Call a Holiday! What to Do About Record Low Voter Turnout? Call a Holiday!
To address dismal election participation, Bernie Sanders proposes giving citizens time off for Democracy Day.
Nov 17, 2014 / John Nichols
A Kentucky Congressman Goes to Bat for His Wife’s Company on Capitol Hill A Kentucky Congressman Goes to Bat for His Wife’s Company on Capitol Hill
Has Republican Ed Whitfield unethically supported the interests of his wife’s firm?
Nov 17, 2014 / Lee Fang